Silchar, May 09: Two persons were killed and about 500 houses damaged when a storm lashed Katlichera area of south Assam's Hailakandi district last night, official sources said today. They said the storm, with wind speeds reaching upto 100 km per hour, rendered thousands of people homeless.
The district administration had made arrangements to distribute relief to the affected people, the sources said. On Thursday night, three people were killed when a storm hit parts of lower Assam. Bureau Report